Matthew and I have a request. Our beloved brother Kevin is extremely ill with brain cancer. Without going into much detail, this is the type of situation that now requires a miracle and we believe in miracles.
We ask you to join us in praying for our brother.
If I may, we ask to you to pray, in particular, for the intercession of Rose Hawthorne. I found out about Rose from my brother-in-law Denis (Dmac) and the wonderful Fr. Barron. Rose Hawthorne, whose cause for sainthood was opened in 2003, is the daughter of famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne and a Catholic convert. In 1998, she opened a refuge for cancer victims on New York’s Lower East Side and made her vows as a Dominican nun on Dec. 8, 1900, taking the name Alphonsa. More can be found out here.
As a New Yorker who took care of Cancer patients, we believe her intercession is special. Kevin, who is 43, has a wonderful wife of great faith, a daughter of eleven years, and a son of eight years. We ask you to pray for Kevin and his family and ask Rose Hawthorne to pray for him as well.
Lord God, in your special love for the sick, the poor and the lonely, you raised up Rose Hawthorne (Mother Mary Alphonsa) to be the servant of those afflicted with incurable cancer with no one to care for them. In serving the outcast and the abandoned, she strove to see in them the face of your Son. In her eyes, those in need were always “Christ’s Poor.”
Grant that her example of selfless charity and her courage in the face of great obstacles will inspire us to be generous in our service of neighbor. We humbly ask that you glorify your servant, Rose Hawthorne, on earth according to the designs of your holy will. Through her intercession, grant that Kevin Archbold will be healed of the cancer that now afflicts him.
Thank you so much.
December 24, 2009 at 2:46 am
Prayers are said. For him, his family, and you. And I'll add a rosary tonight.
December 24, 2009 at 3:10 am
Done. 🙂
December 24, 2009 at 3:15 am
Praying for Kevin and all your family. Will offer Christmas Communion for him.
December 24, 2009 at 3:33 am
Count on it!
December 24, 2009 at 4:06 am
Done. Many prayers for you all.
December 24, 2009 at 4:10 am
Definitely keeping Kevin, and all of you, in our prayers. We believe in miracles, too. We're praying for one for your brother.
December 24, 2009 at 4:39 am
I prayed for the intercession of Venerable Pope John Paul II.
December 24, 2009 at 4:44 am
Prayers just offered up. God bless you all.
December 24, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Somehow you all have become like family. I shall pray for his recovery. May God console all his loved ones during these difficult times.
December 24, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Prayers coming.
December 24, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Done and doing.
–Dale
December 24, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Done. God bless all.
December 24, 2009 at 3:09 pm
praying…
December 24, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Going to St. Peregrine on this…
December 24, 2009 at 3:57 pm
praying for Rose Hawthorne intercession to Jesus for your brother's recovery, for
that miracle.
December 24, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Praying. I know a Hawthorne Dominican too, who is the older sister of a childhood friend.
December 24, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I have added my prayers in following your request for your dear brother, Kevin. May the intercession of Rose Hawthorne and all of our prayers within the communion of saints bring health back to Kevin. In Christ's name, we always pray.
December 24, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Keeping you all and especially your brother Kevin in our prayers. God bless.
December 24, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Praying . . .
December 24, 2009 at 5:50 pm
prayers.